'Breaking the Silence' has acquired a special standing for the public and the media since March 2004 when it started publishing the previously silent voices of soldiers. more»

Br Peter told a group of around 100 people at St Theresa's, Plimmerton, on May 22, that the positive attitude of people who have lost family members and their homes has given him great hope. more»

There is a substantial contribution from Bishop Pompallier and his companions about their experiences with Maori as they lived and worked among them in New Zealand. more»

As a supporter of West Papuan independence from Indonesia, Fr Neles Tebay is on a black list and everywhere he goes in his homeland, West Papua, he is under constant surveillance by the Indonesian authorities who rule the western half of the island of New Guinea and at risk of imprisonment, torture and even death more»

The international Caritas relief effort is now targeting more than 60,000 people through local partners with food, temporary shelter, health care and other aid items in four of the most seriously affected areas of Myanmar despite ongoing difficulties with access for international aid teams. more»

Caritas is urging the UN Security Council to impose an immediate arms embargo on Zimbabwe.
Church leaders in the country say that without international intervention Zimbabweans face genocide. more»

When we grasp the probability that the impact of the man's life and mission continued to inspire writings in his name, we might be better able to understand that even our cherished gospels contain a similar process. more»

I experienced this joy and hope in Sydney, I experienced it in the Days in the Archdiocese and I believe it can happen every day in our archdiocese and in our church. It will continue to happen when we all know deep in our hearts that we have already received the power of the Spirit who calls us to be witnesses to the gospel. more»

In choosing journalism, Raphaela Fischer set out to understand 'the slanted and inadequate media coverage'. She had just spent valuable months learning how to present all facets of an issue in ways that would attract and challenge readers. Her research had uncovered areas where the media had reported only some of the facts of an issue. more»

On Shrove Tuesday, the new Mercy Crew at St Catherine's College ran an exchange of pancakes for Refuge toiletries. more»

Ss Peter and Paul School's Intermediate classes have won four prizes in the finals of the Wearable Arts Extravaganza for the Lower Hutt region. more»

The Marist St Pats Premier team won the first round in Wellington club rugby - the Swindale Shield. more»

From this brief look at one of the women at the end of Romans, it is easy to see that being 'baptised into Christ' meant something different in Paul's day from what it means today. Women were able to participate fully in the early Christian communities. Presiding, preaching and decision-making did not require ordination. more»

'I hated journalists then. Because, had Dad not been German, he would probably not have had any media coverage and just faded into history as a mere, nameless, faceless statistic in the mounting death toll of the Palestinians that was barely covered. This fact infuriated me. My privacy was a price I was willing to pay for the people needed to read about it. The world was entitled to the truth about what was happening on Palestinian grounds.' more»

The rest of the amazingly rich and diverse history that contributed so much to church spirituality, theology, politics and art, was scattered through magazines, papers and specialist books.
It was time for a general history of the Franciscan movement. more»

Former spiritual directors at Frederic Wallis House will be back in the Hutt to launch the restored former retreat house's labyrinth pathway into a new era when it is officially reopened on its new Hutt Hospital site on Sunday March 1. more»

The first Newtown People's Market and Boot Sale was such a success last year that organisers have decided to run it each month on the last Saturday, 11am to 3pm at St Anne's Church Hall, Emmett Street, Newtown. more»

Even before the diocese was established, there were the beginnings of the Catholic community in Wellington bringing together Catholic immigrant families. Bishop Pompallier celebrated the first Mass in Wellington on Christmas Day, 1840. more»

In seeking ways to highlight the social justice message during Lent, one of the animators staged a drama depicting a challenging situation for local parishioners. more»

A Lenten retreat at Kaitoke Prison in Whanganui became so popular with prison inmates that the number of retreatants doubled by the end of the weekend. more»

Sitting before me on the computer screen is a scene of Wanaka. What a serene and marvellous place! It's beautiful when the summer sun burns the hills and the lake is alive with people and it's vibrant in winter too when the snow comes down low and the skiers arrive in force. We were so lucky to have nearly a week there. more»

Wisdom 1:13-15; 2:23-24 This passage is addressed to socially marginalised Jews in Alexandria in Egypt just a few decades before the birth of Jesus. Life, not death, is God’s doing, and the more»